U+1587 "ᖇ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᖇ
U+1587 "ᖇ" Canadian Syllabics Tlhi is part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, representing a specific syllabic sound used in various Indigenous languages of Canada, such as Inuktitut and Cree. This character denotes a consonant-vowel combination often transliterated as "tlhi," with the "tl" sound being a lateral affricate common in these languages. In the Cree syllabary, it is particularly associated with the Western Cree tradition, though its exact phonetic value can vary slightly based on regional dialect and orthographic conventions. The character is written as a single glyph and carries cultural and linguistic significance as a tool for preserving and transmitting Indigenous writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1587 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Canadian Syllabics Tlhi |
| Block | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᖇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᖇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x96 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1587 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001587 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1587 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Script Extensions | Canadian Aboriginal |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |